Here are two wins by the current leaders, top seed, GM Jaan Ehlvest and defending champion GM Sergey Erenburg.

On the norm front, Mackenzie Molner needs 2/4 for a total of 5/9 to score an IM norm, or 3.5/4 for a GM norm. Evan Ju needs 3.5/4 for an IM norm. Sponsor and coach Michael Khodarkovsky started teaching Mackenzie when he was eight years old. He is excited about Molner's prospects and says: "Mackenzie has always been solid and well-composed. I'm very proud of his
recent successes. I hope he will finish the tournament as strong as he
started and will earn his second IM norm."